The light turned green and the smaller personal gate slid open as guards looked at each other. It was not supposed to do that for anyone. I walked up ...he long drive and entered through the front doors. I ignored all the servants and sycophants as I made my way through the halls to the emperor’s outer office.The guards moved to block the doors as I crossed to a desk, “I am Kelso Lyon of the Demon clan.”The woman swallowed and used her intercomm and a shielded voice screen. She straightened and. .. ?" For you... always!" he said."No silly," she said, with a little laugh. "I meant for food." I'll have some of whatever you're fixing," he said. "Is the girls up yet?" They should be—would you mind going in and checking on them?" she said.A few moment later, he came back into the kitchen with both of Julie's daughters in tow.Looking at the three of them, Julie thought happily, He really does love them, and it's obvious they adore him.Breakfast was a hurried affair. Julie sent the girls off. .."Surprised, Bobbie said, "Sure." But only because you didn't say fuck."Bella laughed as the two walked off to enter the dancing fray that wouldlong hang in the memory. Their forms joined and their feet fell into anunfailing rhythm."You became a fucking great dancer. Lessons?" Something like that. Big lessons. Life lessons." An intonation ofwisdom crept into his voice."Shut the fuck up and dance." Bella said, laying her dishwater blondehead against his chest. ***Kurt had opened the mysterious. My life is just beginning.She tried to picture herself married, to yet another faceless guy. She imagined herself in the grocery store, maybe running into her old high school boyfriend, Ryan Harper. They would be cordial, and talk about their jobs and their spouses. And their kids.Then she would go home to her family. See, she thought again, my life is just beginning. She forced herself back to her work, pushing thoughts she didn't want to hear out of her head.Jen took a break from studying to.